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Security of State

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PSA Detention Valid Despite Six-Year Delay | Persistent Anti-National Conduct Justifies Preventive Detention : J&K HC
Case Law Analysis
|Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

PSA Detention Valid Despite Six-Year Delay | Persistent Anti-National Conduct Justifies Preventive Detention : J&K HC

J&K High Court rules that a six-year gap between alleged acts and detention order does not invalidate preventive detention under the Public Safety Act if a persistent pattern of anti-national conduct is established. The ruling underscores that ongoing threats to national security can override procedural delays, even when the detenu is on bail in related cases.